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Points: 1578 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2018 at 01:28
I would say Jim Crichton from Saga. Been there since 1977.
The only collabs he did were producing (he has his own studios) and programming keyboards for other bands (Magnum, Yes, etc.)
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How about Pye Hastings?
Did he ever do anything else, then play in Caravan?
Although the band was disbanded 3 three times, but still, he played with them since 1968.
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Latimer - did he ever do anything else other than Camel?

Steve Rothery - he's been in Marillion before anyone else, even Kelly. But I guess he doesn't count because he started having some side projects at some point. 

Prog artists have side projects at some point, they don't just stick to one band. 
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^  Andy played guitar on Colin Bass solo album
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John Lees with Barclay James Harvest (and his own version of BJH).
He played with the band since 1968, and did only one solo album and played with Mandalaband only once.

Same goes for Les Holroyd (with the other version of the band).
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John Deacon of Queen, played from 1971 upto 1997 with the band.

He did very few collaborations. Just playing bass on other's albums/singles, but not really part of a group/band.
He did however release a single in 1986 as The Immortals. So that could be considered his mere solo-effort.
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Points: 10266 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2018 at 03:33
Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Dave Brock of Hawkwind.

Played on Bob Calvert - Captain Lockheed & The Starfighters and Michael Moorcock & The Deep Fix - New Worlds Fair

I know, but these albums are extremely Hawkwind-related, so I mentioned him.


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Mick Box of Uriah Heep. He only guested on David Byron's solo-albums. He's been with since 1969, and Heep only once almost broke up.

Phil Ehart and Rich Williams of Kansas (Phil Ehart only guested once on a Steve Hacket-album, as far as I know, Rich never guested anywhere).

Frank Bornemann of Eloy. Although he is a well-known producer and produced a lot of records, he never guested anywhere and only played in Eloy.
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Mick Box.. umm hmmm...

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^ yeah, I forgot about him.

Also worth mentioning is Tony Iommi  who kept Sabbath alive for so many years. His collaboration with Glenn Hughes is great, three albums. Seventh star was supposed to be a Iommi solo album, but the powers that be at the record company decided to call that "Black Sabbath featuring Tony Iommi". One of the dumbest thing ever... Oh well...
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The leader so far seems to be Ralf Hutter of Kraftwerk, currently at 47 years and counting (their last album was "3-D The Catalogue" in 2017).  The next two (verified) are Jean-Michael Jarre and Edgar Froese, each at 45 years.  Jarre's streak stopped because he recorded with another band, and Edgar passed away.

Some folks suggested other names, but many of those have collaborated outside their band.  If you think you have a candidate, please give the exact number of years from their first album to their last album without recording with anyone else.
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As I said: 

Rich Williams of Kansas.
 1973 - 2018 (45 years with the band), and no collaborations or perfomances on any other album than Kansas.

Frank Bornemann of Eloy
 1969 - 2018 (49 years with the band), he played only on Eloy-albums and had no solo-albums, collabs or guest-performances elsewhere. 
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Frank Bornemann.  First album "Eloy" 1971. Last album (but still counting!) "The Vision, the Sword and the Pyre – Part 1", 2017.  So he's at 46 years.  I'm assuming there will be a "Part 2" pretty soon, so he'll leap-frog past Ralf Hutter for the undisputed lead for iron-man of prog.

The reason I choose to base longevity on album releases is that it is easy to verify, and there's no wishy-washy estimates of when, exactly, did someone start or join a band.  Also, there are a lot of musicians still alive that haven't recorded an album in decades, even though they are technically still part of the band.
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If Dave Brock counts he is in the lead (1970 - now). His collaboration on "Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters" and "New World Fair" is after all in the family; both Robert Calvert and Michael Moorcock were members of Hawkwind.


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^ He did vocals on 2002's "Space Metal" released by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One, which was not really in the Hawkwind family.
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Neil Peart(Rush) from 1974 to 2015. 
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Mark Kelly of Marillion (1981- present day)
Unlike Rothery, I don't think he did anything else other than Marillion


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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Living? Probably Peter Townshend and Roger Daltrey of the Who, which formed in 1964. 

Both been on many collaborations.

As well as solo careers.
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Points: 18995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2018 at 14:09
Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Mark Kelly of Marillion (1981- present day)
Unlike Rothery, I don't think he did anything else other than Marillion

Maybe not long term but he has played with Edison's Children and Ayreon as a guest. Not sure if that counts or not though.
 


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Points: 45805 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2018 at 14:13
^ does guesting count? Then I'll never find anyone LOL

like Micky said, Mick Box of Uriah Heep (1970-present day). 
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